Hello,

I am working on PD patch that converts my behringer bcr2000 into a controller for my liveset. I use Ableton Live (sequencer and sounds), an access virus (sounds) and a mc505 (more sounds).

I use my pd patch to route signals to the machines and to expand te possibilities of my midi controller. Like combination of keys change control messages, stuff like that.

The problem I have now is that PD only offers two Midi Output options. This means I can only send my Midi messages to two machines, but I have more machines that want to be controlled. How can I make more midi output device options?

Me and several synthesizers would really like to now this.

Thank you all

what about midi yoke and midi ox?

Yes, I already use something like midi yoke now. It is the standard osx midi routing software called IAC.

I forgot to mention in my question that I use one IAC output port to send signals from the PD patch to Ableton. In ableton I route signals from this IAC port to my MIDI outs (connected to the machines).

The other output I use to send signals to my controller, so that when I change the parameter of a knob I can send the current value of that parameter to the knob of the behringer (when I turn this knob the value doesn;t jump but starts from the value it is actually on).

This liimits my possibilities, I want to be able to filter out signals for certain machines. But now I can only use one actual midi output, The IAC bus.

The nice thing about PD;s midi controller interface is that another midi output is a different midi channel. So when I could have 4 midi output possibilities it would enable me to press a button that says to a knob: send to channel 17 (channel one of the second midi output device) instead of sending to channel 33 (channel one of the third midi output device).

I hope this is possiible. I think it actually is, because there are four midi inputs available.

I'm not entirely sure I get what you're saying, but I think I do. Are you saying that you want to be able to send MIDI directly from Pd to your MIDI hardware, and you're only using Live as a workaround because you only have two MIDI outputs listed in your MIDI settings? If so, you can do it like this:

1. Hook up your gear, then go into Preferences -> MIDI Settings... and click on the device button to open the drop-down menu.

2. Make note of the order the devices are listed starting from "none" = 0. Close the window.

3. Now, open Preferences -> Startup.... There is a field at the bottom labeled "startup flags." Don't delete what's already there; instead, at the end add "-midioutdev" followed by the numbers corresponding to the devices from step 2. So if you want to use devices 1, 2, and 4, you would put "-midioutdev 1,2,4" (no quotes). You can put as many as you want, I think. Or at least you can do more than two.

4. Apply, OK, and restart Pd.

Now the MIDI devices can be accessed by multiplying the channel number by the number they appear in your -midioutdev list. The example in step 3 would be channels 1-16 for device 1, 17-32 for device 2, and 33-48 for device 4.

Hope that's what you're looking for.

Mealstorm,

you were understanding me very well. I just tried it and it works!

Me and the machines are thanking you very much!

I tried this method before, but I thought it didn't work because the devices are not shown in the Midi Preferences..

thanks!